Word: raying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...play begins innocently enough: on a sleepy day in Bug River, a respectably-dressed stranger, William Hard, visits a mother, Dora, and daughter, Susannah, to deliver a message about their father, the amiably named Ray. The mystery of the stranger and the contents of the letter, however, gradually give rise to a series of colorfully existentialist and epistemological revelations, odd cultic rituals involving trousers and the moon, and a great deal of hemming and hawing over both. One could describe the plot--basically, Ray is actually a duplicate husband, mildly deviant, that William Hard must replace...
...with short skirt and skates, Alex Marolachakis as Sue, a.k.a. Squeezer (a childhood nickname), parallels the audience's experience as she constantly questions the absurdity of all that is happening ("None of my friend's parents talk like this," she exclaims at one point). Saadi Soudavar is inspired as Ray, chronicling his life's struggle with his "urges," while he clambers onto a table and kicks the dishes...
...actors struggling to make this material work. Often they seem to resort to a technique of breathless delivery leading up to a climactic outburst, which is then followed by a quiet philosophical one-liner or two. This boiling-tea-pot method has great effects the first few times--Ray's march on the table, Dora's astonishing tirade on a swing--but can later get almost rhythmically repetitive. When Dora throws a tray to the ground suddenly after a discussion with her daughter, we are no longer shocked--there have been too many outbursts already...
...Artery spending may appear logical, but it can also be seen as a personal assault upon the city of Boston. Though it may seem ridiculous to call an attack on a highway an attack on a city, there is a clear connection between the two institutions. Just like Ray Bourque or Mo Vaughn, the Big Dig is associated with aspects of our city which serve as a source of pride for local residents...
Penn really never had a chance against the Crimson women (2-0 Ivy). The Quakers' one ray of hope came when co-captain Kate Roiter lost her match out of the number-three slot, but strong play from Ivy Wang and Gina Majmudar out of the first and second spots respectively carried the Crimson to a near-flawless victory...